He takes off his coat and reveals his arm which contains a whole package of hair ties up to his elbows. New hair ties at that. His hand is practically blue.

I stare for a few seconds in complete shock, and then we're both dying of laughter and trying to take off those silly hair ties before his arm really does fall off.

I call him a goof at least a million times as my sisters join in to help ease his pain. We explain that wearing new hair-ties is a form of torture in ancient China.
He just grins and explains,
"Well...you needed new hair ties and I wanted to surprise you!"